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American Indian Music

Across the Americas there are many different Native cultures, each with unique musical traditions. The National Museum of the American Indian and other branches of the Smithsonian include music and sound–related objects from many of these cultures in their collections.

  • American Indian Music
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  • Drum and drumstick
  • Rattle
  • Rattle
  • Drum and drumstick
  • Clapper
  • Rattle in the form of a grouse
  • Whistle figure of a woman
  • Rattle
  • Whistle
  • Hand drum and drumstick
  • Hand drum
  • Trumpet
  • Musical rasp
  • Violin and bow
  • Drum and drumstick
  • Hand drum
  • Whistle
  • Rattle
  • Hand drum
  • Nose flute
  • Hand drum
  • Box rattle
  • Marimba
  • Drum
  • Rattle with designs of a raven and a woman
  • Shaman's rattle in the form of an animal's head
  • Drum and drumstick
  • Panpipes
  • Panpipes
  • Guitar
  • Panpipes
  • Ratchet noisemaker
  • Hand drum
  • Flute
  • Female-figure rattle
  • Whistle
  • Panpipes
  • Rattle
  • Drum and drumstick
  • Whistle
  • Flute
  • Guitar
  • Rattle
  • Panpipes
  • Guitar
  • Rattle
  • Rattle
  • Drum and drumstick
  • Drum and drumstick
  • Musical-Instrument

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